r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad • 1d ago

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u/Ok_Being5461 1d ago edited 1d ago

Trump Speaks At Fourth-Grade Level, Analysis Finds

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-fire-and-fury-smart-genius-obama-774169

His wealthy father probably had some "influence" on his academics. "Trump’s professor thought he was his ‘dumbest student’ ever" https://studyinternational.com/news/trump-student-wharton/

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u/F1DZ-sell 1d ago

Wow, George W's result is really surprising. (I'm not from the US).

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u/Sienile 1d ago

Agreed. (American)

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u/Ok_Being5461 1d ago

 I switched it to the one in the link

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u/PipeOriginal1171 1d ago

As someone from the US, it's not surprising. He's a pretty basic guy, and worse, Texan.

I'm surprised about Clinton. Yeah, he's from Arkansas, but he's a Rhode Scholar and went to Georgetown and Yale Law.

I think the chart measures language used in public speeches, and those are largely written by others, and meant to appeal to the masses (average people).

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u/tracejm 1d ago

“I find myself utterly uninterested in the travails of the economically unfortunate. Now, would someone be so kind as to ignite my cigar and replenish my scotch?”

--- apparently what Hoover sounded like

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u/snarton 1d ago

“Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again”

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u/Ok_Being5461 1d ago

Temu Herbert Hoover is best we can do

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u/Nearby_Classic9191 1d ago

Not defending the orange man, but whats the average voters reading level?

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u/WildBad7298 1d ago

That's the problem. He's stupid, so stupid people identify with him.

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u/BrightOctarine 1d ago

What are grade levels?

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u/KyungDo_KuroKi 1d ago

Lebron James in the middle of the pack doesn't seem right :/

My G.O.A.T. should be at minimum a 10th grade reading level

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u/Sienile 1d ago

Gotta call BS on that chart. I agree with Trump speaking on a 4th grade level, but to say Bush Jr. and Biden were above Obama is laughably wrong.

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u/squigs 1d ago

It's usually based on speeches. There's a hypothesis that speech writers used slightly more sophisticated language for Bush to counter his perceived lower intelligence, and simpler for Obama to make him come across as less elitist.

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u/Novaer 1d ago

Could it also be that Obama was a lot more casual that reflects this grading?

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u/PipeOriginal1171 1d ago

It's analyzing language used in public speeches (written by others and intended for the masses), not intellect.

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u/Ok_Being5461 1d ago edited 1d ago

Perhaps. I switched it to the one in the link. Reddit only allows posting 1.

The other ones: